June 14th - Evening | ANYTHING YOU SAY CAN & WILL BE USED AGAINST YOU

1 Peter 3:9
Don't repay evil for evil. Don't retaliate when people say unkind things about you. Instead, pay them back with a blessing. That is what God wants you to do, and he will bless you for it.

Just as the old adage goes: “Me and my big mouth.” In December of 1825, the Russian Czar Nicolas I sentenced Kondraty Ryleyev to be hung. Fortunately for Ryleyev, the rope was old and snapped as the sentenced man’s weight pulled him to the ground instead of dangling in the air. An accident like this usually resulted in a pardon, but as Ryleyev fell to the ground he was overheard saying, "In Russia they do not know how to do anything properly, not even how to make a rope.” Well, the Czar heard this comment and said, "Let the contrary be proven." If Ryleyev had only applied what Peter said, he would have been pardoned. Sadly for Ryleyev, the contrary was proven. Careful with your tongue, anything you say can and will be used against you.